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Tune in Thursday October 8th at 2:00 PM CST for a live build. We'll be putting together Phil's system - a Xeon machine for graphic design, rendering, and some gaming - hello Star Wars Battlefront! Time permitting, we'll also stream some Battlefront gaming with the new build showing gameplay and thermals!

Why Titans you ask? If you recall, we used triple Titans for a build video a few years ago. We're reusing two of those Titans to give Phil good CUDA performance for the various applications he uses. And of course, those don't hurt when doing a bit of gaming too. We used a 1200W PSU in case we want to throw in a third Titan.

EDIT: Thanks for your patience everyone. We've re-uploaded the stream in 4K - turns out it takes YouTube quite a while to process a 32GB 2h15m recording...

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Saw the whole build, albeit not live. I must say, I learned more from this build video than from any other that I've seen yet, and I've seen quite a few TBH. The attention to detail you guys gave to the whole thing ... it just blew me away.

Plus, battlefront gameplay FTW ! I will work towards getting a xeon WS build for myself as well, and the fact that you crammed an EATX motherboard into an H440 shows me the case options aren't as limited as they would seem :)

Wow Philip, Usually you guys are pretty cool with constructive criticism apparently not when it comes to Corsair.......

My statement was not meant to be sarcastic at all, it is genuinely over-priced considering Seasonic and EVGA sell Platinum PSU's with the same wattage or higher for 50-70$ cheaper.

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I'm going to take another stab in the dark and say, When it comes to Staff builds, I shouldn't comment on the part selection because............. well because.

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Do, you guys already have these parts on stand-by? If so then my comments don't really apply to your builds, however because I don't know if that's true or not, my comments are very relevant to people looking at the build.

My frustration here is when people treat pricing like an absolute optimization problem that everyone must adhere to. Can you get an equivalent wattage power supply for cheaper? Sure. Does that mean that everyone has to or the build is trash? No.

But instead, if you just say "Why a $300 PSU :P" and "#Corsairproblems", that's not really asking a question. That's trying to push your angle without actually saying concretely what it is - instead just sarcastically showing your disapproval.

So yes, I'm cool with constructive criticism. Or asking "why" and actually meaning it. Your deleted comment was not constructive. I'm totally fine with you commenting on staff builds, but keep in mind that you may use a different measuring stick for what you think is appropriate for a build. And if someone else, staff or not, chooses to use a part that is maybe a bit more expensive - because they explicitly wanted to - that's OK.

This rig will primarily be used for Photoshop, After Effects, and Cinema4D work, not video editing. We're already shooting in 4K but Blake (Lavins) handles all of that and built his rig to support the beefier files. Any 4K video work I produce in C4D and AE will be short, things such as intros, outros, lower-thirds, etc for our video content. The rest of the graphic work will be focused on still imagery and assets for the site. I opted for the SSDs because of their read/write speed.

Thanks! Lavins and I came up with the concept for the lower-thirds and then I animated them in After Effects. The key-framing isn't too complex. Basically I'm animating the height and position of the yellow line and then the width of the masks which show and hide the text elements. The trickiest parts are making sure all of them are in sync with the custom velocity settings I have for the keyframes. I obsess over those details though. :)